Oh--yes. We seem to become quite quickly attuned to the magic of this world, regardless whether you have anything like it in your own world.

[He taps his chest--where there is nothing, because he isn't in uniform, but the intent is there.] At some point you will awake feeling slightly different as you... I can only say attune to a particular nature of the magic here, and this determines your rank. When I became a Queen, I found my ability to tap into magic greatly increased but everyone has at least a little.

Expertise determines how capable you are at using that reserve, of course. It can only be a good sign that you were able to cast a spell properly on your first day! [He smiles.] That's very impressive for never having used magic before. Perhaps you will find yourself along a similar rank.